Comparison

Merhaba Tigrinya vs eGeez

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Merhaba Tigrinya

Learn to read and write Tigrinya with this interactive educational app. It uses animated letters, images, and audio to teach alphabets, reading, spelling, and word puzzles. Designed for beginners and children, it offers a fun and engaging learning experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive alphabet learning
  • Audio and visual aids
  • Reading and spelling games
  • Word puzzles
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Safe learning environment
Features
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Our interactive educational app provides a comprehensive curriculum that helps build skills to read and write in Tigrinya. Merhaba! Thank you for considering Merhaba Tigrinya as a resource to learn to read and write in Tigrinya. Merhaba Tigrinya app is designed to make learning alphabets, reading and writing Tigrinya fun and interactive. Is it not time to give Eritrean children modern learning tools so that they can read and write in Tigrinya? With the help of animated letters, rich images and audio, a user will be able to go from learning letters/syllables to being confident with reading and writing full words and sentences in Tigrinya. With numerous helpful hints along the way, even beginners will be able to learn to read and write Tigrinya. Learning in Merhaba Tigrinya app is grouped in five categories: ALPHABET: Users are introduced to each fidel alphabet and the sound corresponding to each alphabet and a word associated with that alphabet. In addition, to teach users the order of the alphabet family, a user is given a game to sort randomly ordered alphabet family in its proper order. Animated ordering of random letters will help users memorize the names of all the alphabets as well as the sound they make. LISTENING: Users will be presented with a game where each alphabet family is presented in a random order. The sound of each alphabet family will sound in order and the user is tasked to identify the right alphabet by clicking it. This section will help users identify the sound of each alphabet and reinforce learning the alphabets. Auditory learning of the alphabets will help users memorize the phonetic sound of all the alphabets and facilitate the learning process of reading and writing. READING: After learning an alphabet family, the user will get an opportunity in this section to identify words that start with specific alphabets. User will be presented with a multiple choice option game of alphabets and words that utilizes those alphabets. As the user progresses in the game, the multiple choice options will increase in difficulty. SPELLING: After learning an alphabet family and completing the Listening and Reading and section, the user will get an opportunity to combine letters into simple words. Image and audio are presented alongside spelling to provide hints to the user. As the user progresses in the game, the spelling options will increase in difficulty. WORD PUZZLE: Finally when the user have mastered the 32 levels of alphabets, and each of the above categories, the user gets to play the Tigrinya word puzzles. There are several levels of word puzzles with varying difficulty. Merhaba Tigrinya learning app is a safe environment for children and all users. There is no advertising or ability for an external party to contact your child.

About

eGeez

This app makes learning the Geez alphabet an engaging adventure for children. Guided by a friendly lion cub, kids explore letter families through interactive mini-games and 3D adventures. Families can personalize the learning experience with custom voice recordings and share progress.

Highlights
  • Interactive alphabet learning journey
  • Mini-games for each letter family
  • 3D adventure modes
  • Daily letter hunts and rewards
  • Family voice recording for personalized learning
  • Offline functionality
  • Parent and teacher dashboard
Features
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eGeez turns learning the Geez alphabet into an adventure. Anbessa the lion cub guides children along a journey through all 33 letter families and 231 letters of the fidel - the script used by Amharic and Tigrinya. Every letter is voiced by a real human recording. FOR KIDS - A winding journey with exactly one next step - no menus to get lost in - Six mini-games per letter family: pop bubbles, trace letters, feed Anbessa, outsmart Jibby the hyena - 3D adventures: Letter Runner across Lalibela, Aksum, the Simien mountains and Gondar, and Fidel Skylands floating islands - A Daily Letter Hunt, streaks, and a treasure gift every day - Dress Anbessa in hats, scarves and capes earned by learning FOR FAMILIES - Family Voice: a grandparent anywhere in the world can record the letters in their own voice for your child - Voice postcards and share cards to celebrate milestones - The whole app works offline after the first download - perfect for travel and for keeping kids off the internet - App text in English, Amharic, Tigrinya, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS - A parents dashboard (behind a grown-up gate) with letter mastery, trouble letters and practice tips - A full teacher mode: term plans, homework links over WhatsApp, a TV chant board for the classroom - no accounts needed PRIVACY FIRST - No ads. No accounts. No data collection. Everything stays on the device. The only things that ever leave it are the cards and files a grown-up explicitly shares. Includes gentle Bible story picture books in Tigrinya for young children. One purchase unlocks everything; no ads, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Merhaba Tigrinya4 screens
eGeez4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: eGeez at Free against Merhaba Tigrinya's $2.99. eGeez also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 43 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). Merhaba Tigrinya's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and chart position (#190 vs unranked). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

eGeez is free to download; Merhaba Tigrinya costs $2.99 up front. eGeez sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Merhaba Tigrinya asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

eGeez holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Merhaba Tigrinya's written reviews are positive against 100% of eGeez's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Merhaba Tigrinya ships an update every 43 months, eGeez every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Merhaba Tigrinya versus eGeez: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerhaba TigrinyaeGeez
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (29 ratings)4.5 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 43 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#190 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBemnet KibreabYosief Weldegebriel

Customer experience

Merhaba Tigrinya

All ratings28 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.9%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

eGeez

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Merhaba Tigrinya

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

eGeez

One-time8
  • 3rd kid profile$2.49
  • 4th kid profile$2.49
  • 5th kid profile$2.49
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  • 6th kid profile$2.49
  • 2nd kid profile$4.99
  • Prayer Books$9.99
  • eGeez Core$12.99
  • Core + Prayer Books$19.99

Questions

Is Merhaba Tigrinya free?
Merhaba Tigrinya costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is eGeez free?
eGeez is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Merhaba Tigrinya or eGeez?
eGeez is rated higher. Merhaba Tigrinya averages 4.1 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while eGeez averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Merhaba Tigrinya or eGeez have ads?
Neither Merhaba Tigrinya nor eGeez shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Merhaba Tigrinya or eGeez?
Merhaba Tigrinya ships an update every 43 months, and eGeez every 2 weeks. Most recently, Merhaba Tigrinya was updated on October 25, 2026 and eGeez on October 24, 2026.

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